The perpetual refinement of our knowledge of the human past continues. As is often the case, a new, more archaic find pushes our understanding of the fossil record while leaving many questions unanswered. This newly found australopithecine may lead to a better understanding of the emergence of the genus Homo. However, as is usually the case in paleoanthropology, vying interpretations abound, and this find reflects the politics of human taxonomy, as well.
Read about how a part of this skeleton was found by accidnet when a nine-year-old boy was playing with his dog in South Africa.
For those of you in ANTH 302 this semester, Tattersall is quoted in this particular article.
